The Argentine stem weevil, Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an important introduced pasture pest in New Zealand and causes hundreds of millions of dollars in damage annually to pasture and ...

Environmental education aims to contribute to the resolution of environmental problems through the achievement of environmentally responsible behaviour or what could be termed green lifestyles. In attempting to achieve ...

New Zealand's conservation estate is in danger of becoming congested and degraded by increasing tourist numbers. The increased pressure from tourists is directly related to the New Zealand Tourism Board's objective of ...

Very few meta-theoretical frameworks have been applied to the field of tourism studies despite the vast amount of literature produced. In this thesis a public choice theoretical framework is applied to tourism to evaluate ...

The focus of this thesis is health economics and the interface between the public and private hospital sectors within the New Zealand health care system. It summarises the distinctive elements which characterise consumer ...

The potential of chickpea as an alternative rotation crop in Canterbury has already been established. Experiments were therefore planned to investigate the effects of inoculation, additional nitrogen fertilizer and ...

Conflict in recreation is a major problem for recreation managers who are trying to provide satisfying experiences for all recreationists. This thesis is about conflict between mountain-bikers and trampers. Mountain-biking ...

This study has provided fundamental information on the fate of urine nitrogen (N)
when applied to pasture soils. In this work the three pasture soils used were a
Bruntwood silt loam (BW), an old well-developed (lime and ...

The purpose of this dissertation is to question and reflect upon the human involvement in whale stranding rescues. The overall question considered in this study was, should New Zealanders be rescuing stranded whales, and ...